Top Florida Business Brokers with Recent Private M&A Activity

150

Active Firms

987

TTM Deal Flow

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 22%

Food & Hospitality 17%

Technology 14%

Consumer Goods 13%

Business Services 11%

Key Attributes

Best For: Owner-Operated Businesses | Typical Fee: Primarily Success Fee | Coverage: Local & Regional Markets

VR Business Brokers - Boca Raton/Palm Beaches, FL

15 Total Closed Deals

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VR has been the industry leader for over twenty years and has the distinction of having sold more businesses in North America than anyone else. It has set the highest quality standards in the industry, provides the most extensive training program for its Intermediaries, maintains the largest national database of sold businesses to assist in business valuations, and has been rated the number one Business Brokerage in the world for 16 of the last 20 years. VR BUSINESS BROKERS was founded in 1979 to fill the void for quality service that existed between the Real Estate Industry and Investment…

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Mar 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jul 2023 Advised Carolina Plumbing Supply Company in its sale to Anonymous Company
Jul 2023 Advised Regional Furniture Distributor in its sale to Anonymous Company

Aniss Cherkaoui P.A.

13 Total Closed Deals

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Aniss Cherkaoui, P.A., is a Florida Business Broker and M&A Advisor with Transworld Business Advisors, representing privately held business owners in confidential sales, acquisitions, and lower middle market transactions throughout Florida.His work centers on the parts of a transaction that often determine whether a deal moves forward smoothly through buyer review, financing, due diligence, negotiation, and closing. Transactions may involve operational transferability, earnings analysis, lease considerations, customer concentration review, management transition planning, and lender…

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Dec 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2024 Advised A in its sale to A
Aug 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Dec 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Transworld Business Brokers of West Florida, LLC

9 Total Closed Deals

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When a company owner needs to sell their business, they can't just stick a for sale sign in the window. They need the assistance of a business broker to locate and vet potential buyers. On the other side, buyers rely on the broker to help facilitate the process of evaluating potential businesses and franchises for sale. A Transworld Business Advisor is the solution for both scenarios. Transworld Business Advisors focuses on three core concepts: business brokerage, franchise consulting, and franchise development.

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Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Feb 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Sep 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Empire Global Financial Services, LLC

9 Total Closed Deals

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Empire Global Financial Services, LLC is a licensed Florida business broker located in South Florida. EGFS implements a broad range of business skills that successfully bring both domestic and international buyers and sellers together, and assist in the acquisition, sale, merger, joint venturing or financial restructuring of productive assets. EGFS’s business brokerage division has a proven track record in getting deals done and is part of the Empire Business Brokerage network.

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Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jun 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Sunbelt Business Brokers - Ft. Myers/Naples

9 Total Closed Deals

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Our Sunbelt team in Naples, Sarasota, Fort Myers & Miami is here to help. The Business Brokers at Sunbelt have been protecting the interests of business buyers and sellers for decades. We are here to help you make profitable choices in business.

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Aug 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jul 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jan 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

International Business Group, LLC

8 Total Closed Deals

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International Business Group was created in 2004 with the primary objective of intermediating business sales in Florida. For more than 13 years, Alfredo González, the managing director of the company, represented VR Business Brokers as an agent and, later, as a broker-owner. After being inducted into the VR Business Brokers Hall of Fame, Alfredo decided to become independent. It is a fact that during his worthy professional career Alfredo has participated in numerous sales transactions at prices ranging from $ 70,000 to $ 70 million. As a member of Florida Business Brokers and the Miami-Dade…

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Feb 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Feb 2024 Assisted Confidential Company in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
Mar 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

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Capital Business Solutions

8 Total Closed Deals

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Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Mar 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
May 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Transworld Business Advisors - South Florida

8 Total Closed Deals

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Transworld Business Advisors is the world leader in the marketing and sales of businesses, franchises, and commercial real estate. Whether you represent an acquisition-minded corporation, or are personally interested in owning your own company or new franchise, Transworld offers the professional services that successfully bring buyers and sellers together. From business brokerage, franchise consulting, to mergers and acquisitions; we are the business sale specialists.Since our inception in 1979, we have excelled in getting deals done! Call us and you will understand what makes us the best…

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Jun 2016 Advised Countertop Company Specializing in Fabrication and Installation in its sale to R&R Granite and Flooring
Jan 2015 Advised Transworld Business Advisors in its sale to withheld
Jul 2014 Advised National Auto Transport Firm in its sale to Withheld
Mar 2014 Advised Liquid Waste Management Firm in its sale to Withheld

Morgan & Westfield

8 Total Closed Deals

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Founded in 2009, Morgan & Westfield specializes in selling small and mid-sized businesses with revenues up to $100 million. We have successfully sold businesses in hundreds of industries in the United States and Canada. Our clients include franchised businesses, privately owned businesses, online businesses, and emerging growth companies.

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Jun 2026 Advised Maif for Muddy Paws in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jun 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Corporate Development Advisors

6 Total Closed Deals

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Internationally experienced business intermediaries, mergers and acquisition specialists, assisting owners and CEOs of middle market businesses $5 million to $50 million in revenue (MD,VA,PA,NJ,DE,WV,DC & FL) in selling businesses and/or in entering new markets or expanding their revenue base through business acquisitions and strategic investment. Generational Equity affiliate.Business development M&A services include identification of international mergers & acquisitions and partnering opportunities; performing detailed business valuations and financial market analysis; drafting business…

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Feb 2017 Advised Healthcare Resource Network in its sale to Private Investor
Sep 2013 Advised Cetech, Inc. in its sale to Triumph Enterprises Inc
Apr 2013 Advised Jerry Thompson & Associates, Inc. in its sale to JH Debt Equities, LLC
Nov 2012 Advised Simulyze, Inc, on an investment from SMZ Holdings, Inc

Crowne Atlantic

6 Total Closed Deals

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At Crowne Atlantic, our business is selling businesses. We have a goal to match the right buyer with the right seller and we carefully evaluate the needs of both before moving forward in any transaction. As business owners ourselves, we understand what it takes to run a business, how to deal with marketing, how to work with employees, and most importantly what makes businesses attractive to buyers.We have some of the top agents in the state of Florida; selling businesses and real estate for several decades in the Central Florida area. Most of our agents are originally from the area and it is…

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Mar 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Jun 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Jan 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Main Street Wealth

6 Total Closed Deals

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Advising both buy and sell sides in mergers & acquisitions, helping with strategic acquisitions and roll-ups, assisting with valuation, succession, exit plans and post-acquisition integration and implementation, helping with fundraising to finance the deals, and business brokerage services, advising and assisting search fund teams

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Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jul 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Oct 2024 Advised Bee Zone Logistics LLC in its sale to Hope Transport LLC

Transworld M&A Advisors

4 Total Closed Deals

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Transworld M&A Advisors consists of a team of professionals who specialize in mid-market transactions for companies valued between $5 million and $100 million. Transactions of this size require a unique blend of experience, insight, and skilled negotiation, which is why we have a separate division to meet the specialized needs of these buyers and sellers. Whether you are a buyer or seller, our highly knowledgeable team can add significant value to your transaction by advocating for your best interests and negotiating the Greatest Value. We see the “Greatest Value” as that unique mix of…

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Aug 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Jun 2018 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Gateway Business Advisors

4 Total Closed Deals

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Gateway Business Advisors is a business brokerage/M&A firm based in Jacksonville Florida. Our sister company, GW Business Valuations is a NACVA certified valuation firm with emphasis on buy-side, sell-side and partner resolutions.

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Jun 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Jan 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Aug 2020 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Aug 2020 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Emerald Coast Business Intermediaries

4 Total Closed Deals

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Emerald Coast Business Intermediaries was formed to provide a new level of service for those looking to sell and buy businesses in NW Florida and South Alabama. Known as “The Business Owner’s Business Broker”, our intermediaries are trained to the highest professional standards. They have years of experience and our managing intermediary in the Destin office has been helping people to sell and buy businesses for over 25 years. We have unique tools and processes to help people looking to sell or buy businesses with a national reach. The ECBI Team offers extensive knowledge of the current…

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Dec 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Dec 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Aug 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Apr 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

FNBC Florida

4 Total Closed Deals

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FNBC Florida LLC DBA The Business Broker Experts is a full services business brokerage providing professional services to business buyers and sellers. Our dedicated and talented full time brokers uphold the ethics and commitments of the FNBC brand that has made us the most successful brokerage firm in the transition of thousands of businesses. WE DON’T LIST businesses, we SELL businesses! Based in South Florida area, FNBC Florida, LLC DBA The Business Broker Experts, headed by Anthony Caliendo, “The Main Man,” serves Palm Beach, Broward, Dade as well as the entire state of…

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Sep 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2021 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Suncoast Business Consultants

4 Total Closed Deals

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Buyers, let Suncoast Business Consultants help you find your next business whether you are local in South Florida or relocating from out of town. We can also help you find the perfect Franchise opportunity. Many of the businesses we have available are lender pre-qualified and/or VISA investment opportunities.

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May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
May 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Transworld Business Advisors M&A - Fort Lauderdale

3 Total Closed Deals

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Transworld Business Advisors of Fort Lauderdale is the world leader in the marketing and sales of businesses, franchises and commercial real estate. Whether you represent an acquisition minded corporation, or are personally interested in owning your own company, Transworld offers the professional services that successfully bring buyers and sellers together. From business brokerage to mergers and acquisitions, we are the business sale specialists.

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Jul 2019 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Jul 2019 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Mar 2018 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Sunbelt Business Brokers - Jacksonville

3 Total Closed Deals

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Sunbelt is the world's largest business brokerage firm with approximately 250 licensed offices located throughout the world. Annually, more than 1,400 Sunbelt brokers coordinate an estimated 3,000 Main Street and Middle Market business transactions. That is why we say, "Sunbelt is the place to go to buy or sell a business." Historically, Sunbelt's primary focus has been on Main Street business transactions, which we typically define as businesses with sales of less than $1,000,000. Main Street businesses include franchised and non-franchised restaurants, retail stores, professional service…

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Jun 2016 Advised Ganwood in its sale to Fraternite, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company
Mar 2015 Advised United Landscapes, Inc in its sale to Private individual
Dec 2014 Advised Medicfusion (EHR) in its sale to VSS Technologies, Inc.

The Ronald Lawrence Group

3 Total Closed Deals

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The Ronald Lawrence Group has been providing Florida Business Owners with professional business brokerage services for more than 25 years. We bridge the gap between Buyers and Sellers, helping them navigate the complexities of buying or selling a business. We offer free evaluations for business owners with complete confidentiality and offer you the experience of thousands of transactions when you feel the time is right to reap the benefits of years of hard work.

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Sep 2019 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2019 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2019 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

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Firms in the Florida Business Brokers directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in Florida may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Business Brokers based in Florida are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the Florida market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

When comparing Business Brokers in Florida, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 150 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Florida Business Brokers directory, you can request information here.

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